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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/medication-metronome-project/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - This "Medication Metronome" is designed to enable providers to schedule future laboratory tests related … become due, the Medication Metronome system reminds patients via letter and informs providers when the tests
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/medication-metronome-project/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - This “Medication Metronome” is designed to enable providers to schedule future laboratory tests related … become due, the Medication Metronome system reminds patients via letter and informs providers when the tests
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/laboratory-exchange-meeting.html
December 01, 2006 - challenges have been identified:
Standardized ways of representing requests for laboratory tests … When laboratory tests are performed by a
third-party clinical laboratory, identification information … Laboratory tests are part of a broader range of services provided to
patients and providers. … as well as the
avoidance of duplicate or redundant tests is a significant opportunity
for payers … Current exchange efforts have identified an enormous
variability in the way common tests are named
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digital.ahrq.gov/decisionmaker-brief-computerized-provider-order-entry-cpoe
January 01, 2023 - medications that adversely interact with medications the patient is already taking or when duplicate tests … automatically check for many such potential errors, helping to avoid potentially hazardous drugs or unnecessary tests
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/risk-based-approach-improving-management-chronic-kidney-disease
January 01, 2023 - Populations
Actionable reminders did not improve performance over passive reminders for overdue tests … Actionable reminders did not improve performance over passive reminders for overdue tests in the primary
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/ed-information-systems-kentucky-indiana-hospitals
January 01, 2023 - 3) evaluate the reduction in costs through improved diagnostic coding and billing and fewer repeat tests
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/survey/hit-survey.pdf
June 16, 2021 - provide primary care for patients with acute
conditions, I can easily access treatment plans, lab
tests … you practice the most
hours each week, about how often have you had to order duplicate diagnostic tests
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/wheeler-donald
January 01, 2023 - project's ultimate goal was to quickly give all providers access to patient data, eliminate duplicate tests
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/louisiana-rural-health-information-technology-partnership
January 01, 2023 - achieved by making patient records accessible among all providers and from reduced redundancy in clinical tests
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/workflowtoolkit/WhatIsWorkflow.ppt
January 01, 2009 - vs. continuity vs. non-continuity patients
Order Diagnostic Testing*
Flows for different kinds of tests … Reporting Diagnostic Test Results*
Flows for different kinds of tests or normal vs. abnormal
Ordering
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-electronic-data-improve-care-patients-known-or-suspected-cancer/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - This project tests the use of health information technology (IT) to identify patients where the diagnosis … The project develops, tests, and refines queries to mine a clinical data warehouse for triggers that
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs023390-overby-final-report-2017.pdf
January 01, 2017 - LOINC: LA25391-6
Normal metabolizer No Yes, selected the 5 most commonly
ordered TPMT tests … (includes both
genotype & enzyme activity tests)
LOINC: LA10317-8
Intermediate metabolizer … No Yes, selected the 5 most commonly
ordered TPMT tests
LOINC: LA9657-3
Poor metabolizer … No Yes, selected the 5 most commonly
ordered TPMT tests
•
Generic name Exists in … we encountered was an inability to map standard concepts to codes used in Epic
for many laboratory tests
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/ahrq-lab-meeting-summary.pdf
December 01, 2006 - challenges have been identified:
• Standardized ways of representing requests for laboratory tests … When laboratory tests are performed by a third-party
clinical laboratory, identification information … Laboratory tests are part of a broader range of
services provided to patients and providers. … as well as the avoidance of duplicate or redundant tests is a significant opportunity
for payers. … Current exchange efforts have identified an enormous
variability in the way common tests are named (
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/survey/pcip-evaluation-provider-survey.pdf
June 16, 2021 - Ordering laboratory and
radiology tests
License Number 2
Current Tasks (continued) … Reviewing laboratory and
radiology tests
13. Writing prescriptions
14.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017034-chrischilles-final-report-2011.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Tests of the commercially available PHR. … Study Design and Data Collection: Specific Aim 2—PHR Design and
Usability Tests
Tests of the Commercially … Measures: Specific Aim 2—PHR Design and Usability Tests
Tests of the Commercially Available PHR. … Independent sample t-tests were
used to compare group means for continuous variables. … for continuous variables and Chi-square tests for categorical variables.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/miller-rh-et-al-2004
January 01, 2004 - template) with embedded prompts reminded clinicians to ask about particular symptoms, order particular tests … practices, basic ordering often also included electronic ordering of referrals and laboratory and radiology tests
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/resource/C4_Patient_Informed_Consent_Form.pdf
September 30, 2008 - You
understand that laboratory tests (blood and urine), x-rays and other tests will be
done at intervals … You
understand that these tests are felt to be part of good medical care and are covered
by most major
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/Frisse.ppt
June 08, 2005 - hospitalization $5.6
ED communication distribution $0.1
Reduced IP days due to missing Group B strep tests … $0.1
Decrease in # of duplicate radiology tests $9.0
Decrease in # of duplicate lab tests $3.8
Lower
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-safety-and-quality-outpatient-order-entry
January 01, 2023 - Actionable reminders did not improve performance over passive reminders for overdue tests … Actionable reminders did not improve performance over passive reminders for overdue tests in the primary
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017817-field-final-report-2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Office visits, lab tests, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits during the intervention … recommended, # of patients
with tests ordered within 30 days of
discharge
5 (5%) 19 (29%) <0.0001 … Final guidelines included 35 drugs or drug classes and 61 laboratory tests. … Final guidelines included 38
drugs and drug classes and a total of 66 laboratory tests. … Final guidelines included 35 drugs/drug classes and 61 laboratory tests.